| 1861 - 788 pages
...collected still to make The morning precious ; Beauty was awake! Why were ye not awake ! But ye were dead To things ye knew not of, — were closely wed To...compass vile; so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smoothe, inlay, and clip and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied.... | |
| 1861 - 520 pages
...collected still to make The morning precious ; Beauty was awake ! Why were ye not awake 1 But ye were dead To things ye knew not of, — were closely wed To...compass vile ; so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smoothe, inlay, and clip and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied.... | |
| sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
...collected still to make The morning precious : Beauty was awake ! Why were ye not awake? But ye were dead To things ye knew not of, — were closely wed To...like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied.1 Easy was the task : A thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of poetry. Ill-fated, impious... | |
| Louise Haussonville (comtesse d') - 1874 - 296 pages
...person learning to write poetry, and beginning by teaching the art. Hear him : « Bot ye were dead Tu things ye knew not of — were closely wed To musty...rule And compass vile ; so that ye taught a school Of doits to smooth, inlay, and chip and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, ï'/tei/' venes... | |
| David Masson - 1874 - 338 pages
...collected still to make The morning precious ; Beauty was awake ! Why were ye not awake ? But ye were dead To things ye knew not of, — were closely wed To musty laws, lined out with wretched rale And compass vile ; so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smoothe, inlay, and clip and fit, Till,... | |
| Walter Parke - 1875 - 270 pages
...lapidaries who are finically anxious about the niceties of form and diction : — " A school Of dolts who smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied." This boldness and independence caused much of the opposition he met with. That so unfledged an aspirant... | |
| Theology - 1892 - 568 pages
...collected still to make The morning precious : Beauty was awake ! Why were ye not awake ? But ye were dead To things ye knew not of, — were closely wed To...compass vile ; so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smoothe, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tall1ed.... | |
| John Keats - Poets, English - 1883 - 516 pages
...young person learning to write poetry, and beginning by teaching the art. Hear him : ' But ye were dead To things ye knew not of— were closely wed To musty...ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and chip, undjit Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied. Easy was the task A... | |
| John Keats - 1883 - 518 pages
...young person learning to write poetry, and beginning by teaching the art. Hear him : ' But ye were dead To things ye knew not of — were closely wed To musty...ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and chip, and fit Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied. Easy was the task... | |
| John Keats - Poets, English - 1883 - 440 pages
...collected still to make The morning precious : beauty was awake ! Why were ye not awake ? But ye were dead To things ye knew not of, — were closely wed To musty laws lined out with wretched rule 195 And compass vile : so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till,... | |
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